2019 Kelantan FA season
# 2019 Kelantan FA season

The 2019 season was Kelantan's 74th year in their history and 1st season in the Malaysia Premier League following relegation 2018 season. Along with the league, the club also participated in Malaysia FA Cup and Malaysia Challenge Cup.

## Events

### Pre-season

On 15 January 2019, Flávio signed a one-year contract with the club after his contract with Negeri Sembilan expired.

On 23 January 2019, Mustafa Zazai signed with the club after his contract with Phrae United expired.

On 27 January 2019, Marko Kraljević signed a two-year contract with the club as the new head coach. On 27 January 2019, Raúl Tarragona signed a contract with the club.

On 28 January 2019, David Rowley joined the club on one-year contract.

### During season

On 1 April 2019, Raúl Tarragona left the club by mutual agreement.

On 8 April 2019, Marko Kraljević has been sacked from the club after three months with the club. Cássio, Flávio, Mustafa Zazai and Raúl Tarragona have left the club during mid season.

On 24 April 2019, Mustafa Zazai decided to leave the club.

On 14 May 2019, Flávio left the club to join Liga 1 club Bhayangkara.

On 16 May 2019, Badhri Radzi left the club by mutual agreement.

On 18 June 2019, Kelantan Football Association President, Bibi Ramjani has resigned.

## Competitions

### Malaysia Premier League

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 8 | UKM | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 28 | 32 | −4 | 22 | |
| 9 | Selangor United | 20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 24 | 37 | −13 | 21 | |
| 10 | Kelantan | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 23 | 32 | −9 | 17 | |
| 11 | Sarawak (R) | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 25 | 44 | −19 | 16 | Qualification to relegation play-off |
| 12 | Perlis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Disqualified |

* ↑ Kelantan have been docked three points following the club’s failure to comply with FIFA’s decision over claims made by former technical director Alfredo Carlos Gonzalez.
* ↑ Perlis were disqualified on 20 February 2019.

### Malaysia Challenge Cup

**Group stage**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | JDT2 | SAR | KEL |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Johor Darul Ta'zim II | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 10 | Advance to Semi-finals | — | 3–1 | 3–1 |
| 2 | Sarawak | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 4 | Advance to Semi-finals | 0–0 | — | 0–3 |
| 3 | Kelantan | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 3 | | 0–1 | 0–2 | — |

## Statistics

### Appearances and goals

    As of match played 6 September 2019

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | Challenge Cup | Challenge Cup |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 3 | DF | MAS | Afiq Azuan | 13 | 0 | 10+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | MAS | Shahrul Nizam | 23 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | MAS | Farisham Ismail (Captain) | 24 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | MAS | Nik Akif | 19 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | MAS | Hakimi Abdullah | 19 | 1 | 9+8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | MAS | Azwan Aripin | 20 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | MAS | Khairul Asyraf | 17 | 0 | 10+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | MAS | Khairul Rizam | 13 | 1 | 4+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 |
| 18 | DF | MAS | Syaiful Alias | 6 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | MAS | Fauzi Roslan | 20 | 4 | 9+6 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+2 | 3 |
| 20 | MF | MAS | Danial Haqim | 21 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | MAS | Zul Fahmi Awang | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | MAS | Saufi Muhammad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | MAS | Amsyar Rosli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | MAS | Nik Azli | 18 | 4 | 9+5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | MAS | Danial Ashraf | 14 | 0 | 5+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | MAS | Amirul Shafik | 14 | 1 | 5+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | MAS | Imran Samso | 13 | 1 | 6+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | MAS | Arif Abdullah | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | MAS | Juzaerul Jasmi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | MAS | Nashran Elias | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | GK | MAS | Fikri Che Soh | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 51 | FW | FRA | L´Imam Seydi | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Player(s) who left the club but had featured this season ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | MAS | Muhammad Nor Amin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Cássio | 6 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | BRA | Flávio | 11 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | MAS | David Rowley | 9 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | AFG | Mustafa Zazai | 10 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | URU | Raúl Tarragona | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | MAS | Badhri Radzi | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | MAS | Afiq Saluddin | 6 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | MAS | Ridhwan Deraman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | MAS | Damien Lim | 6 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
